William Joseph Raymond (born September 9, 1938) is an American actor who has appeared in film, television, theater and radio drama since the 1960s.
Career He is featured in the second and fifth seasons of the HBO drama The Wire as "The Greek", the mysterious head of an international criminal organization. Other TV appearances include Miami Vice, Law & Order, Third Watch, Ed and As the World Turns.https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0713209/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
Raymond co-starred as Dr. Carroll on The Cobblestone Corridor, which premiered on October 16, 2016, on Connecticut Public Television.
In 2015, Raymond played Grand Albert in the kids TV show, Super Wings.
Film His film credits include Eight Men Out, Michael Clayton, C.H.U.D., The Crow, Quick Change, How I Got into College, My New Gun, 12 Monkeys, and Dogville.
Raymond played Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Schuyler Colfax in Steven Spielberg's Lincoln. In 2014, he played the lead role in the ghost film Foreclosure, opposite Michael Imperioli. He appeared in seven of Vermont filmmaker, Jay Craven's indie films, including Where the Rivers Flow North, A Stranger in the Kingdom, In Jest, The Year That Trembled, Windy Acres, Disappearances, and Peter and John.
Theater Raymond was an active member and co-artistic director of the experimental theater group Mabou Mines in the 1970s and 1980s.
He played Ebenezer Scrooge in the Hartford Stage production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol for 17 of its first 19 years, retiring from the role in 2016.
Raymond was also active in the early days of the R.G. Davis Mime Troupe in San Francisco in the 1960s.
Radio Raymond has played the character T.J. Teru, archeologist on Summa Nulla, in all 13 chapters of the ZBS Foundation's audio series, Ruby the Galactic Gumshoe, produced from 1982 to 2018. Raymond has appeared in other ZBS productions as well, including Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Fat Cats, Do That in Real Life? and the audio adaptation of Dinotopia.
Filmography
Film +YearTitleRoleNotes1977Sudden DeathBusinessmanUncredited1980Christmas EvilPriest1981Strong MedicineYoung man1983Baby It's YouMr. Ripeppi1984C.H.U.D.Victor1988Eight Men OutBen Short1988Me and HimHumphrey1989How I Got into CollegeFlutter1989Forced MarchGyorgy1990Quick ChangePoliceman1991City of HopeLes1991True IdentityGrunfeld1991LiebestraumMatt1992My New GunAndrew1993Where the Rivers Flow NorthWayne Quinn1994The CrowMickey1994The RefGeorge199512 MonkeysMicrobiologist1997Ties to RachelHenry1997One Night StandGridlock Taxi Driver1998HarvestRoger Barnes1999Simply IrresistibleHoward1999Summer of SamFather Cadilli1999The HurricanePaterson Judge1999Spring ForwardDon Regan1999A Stranger in the KingdomResolved Kinneson2000The InternDeep Throat2000Autumn in New YorkMichael2001Wish You Were DeadDr. Norm Rollins2002The Year That TrembledErnie Whirly2003What Alice FoundBill2003DogvilleMr. Henson2004A Hole in OneDr. Harold Ashton2006DisappearancesCompton2007Michael ClaytonGabe Zabel2007The Junior DefendersBill Samuels2008EavesdropHal2012LincolnSchuyler Colfax2014ForeclosureRaymond2014Rob the MobPriest2015Peter and JohnBeausire2015Five Nights in MaineGeorge2015The Dark SideMan Waiting For Coffee2021Blood Brothers: Civil WarCaptain Beausire
Television YearTitleRoleNotes1986, 1987Miami ViceDave Frobel / Tommy Barkley2 episodes1988Clinton and NadineJewellTelevision film1991Golden YearsDr. Richard X. Toddhunter7 episodes1992–2000Law & OrderVarious roles3 episode1993-95All My ChildrenBill HartRecurring role1993TriBeCaLawyerEpisode: "Heros Exoletus"1994, 1995Halifax f.p.Caretaker2 episodes1995Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. LongOscar K. AllenTelevision film1996If Looks Could KillFlorida Realtor1998Saint MaybeB.B. Brandt1999Now and AgainReverend MillerEpisode: "A Girl's Life'2000Cupid & CateFather FrancisTelevision film2000, 2003EdGeorge Wilkes2 episodes2002Law & Order: Criminal IntentMr. GreenEpisode: "Faith"2002A Death in the FamilyFather JacksonTelevision film2003Third WatchJerryEpisode: "The Spirit"2003–2008The WireThe Greek10 episodes2004Windy AcresUg7 episodes2005As the World TurnsJudge4 episodes2010DamagesAlbert Wiggins2011DuckworthEli DuckworthEpisode: "Pilot"2016The Cobblestone CorridorDr. Carroll5 episodes2017Super WingsGrand Albert3 episodes2018BullJudge JessupEpisode: "Bad Medicine"2019Mrs. FletcherRoy Rafferty5 episodes
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